Tiny, Texas.
1988, small-town Texas. A basketball prodigy carries the hopes of a town that measures worth in Friday-night scoreboards. His best friend is coming apart at the seams. And then his long-estranged gay father comes home.
Tiny, Texas is a story of fathers and sons — biological, adopted, and chosen — interwoven with tragedy, awakening, and nostalgic Texana. It carries hints of Hoosiers and Billy Elliot, filtered through the dust and longing of The Last Picture Show and Brokeback Mountain.
The entire film is photographed through a single 50mm lens — the same discipline that shaped the director's street photography. One focal length. One way of seeing. No hiding.
My camera didn't have to be a shield. It could be an invitation.
David Lykes Keenan — Austin, Texas
- StatusCompleted — targeting a 2026 release
- Proof of conceptThe Tiny, Texas short (2024) launched the feature and cast its young lead
- PhotographyShot Spring 2025, entirely on a single 50mm lens
- Official sitetiny-texas-movie.com
- InquiriesFestival, distribution, and press: dlkdirects@gmail.com